diff --git a/stress-ng-Add-fPIC-to-Makefile.patch b/stress-ng-Add-fPIC-to-Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed86a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stress-ng-Add-fPIC-to-Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 6df5cc75c900b6549c342927ff41a56f816b4169 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:10:10 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] stress-ng: Add fPIC to Makefile
+
+Add -fPIC to Makefile
+
+Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 6a1128ace84f..6fb61975be88 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ endif
+ MACHINE := $(shell make -f Makefile.machine)
+ ifneq ($(PRESERVE_CFLAGS),1)
+ ifneq ($(MACHINE),$(filter $(MACHINE),alpha hppa ia64))
+-flag = -Wformat -fstack-protector-strong -Werror=format-security
++flag = -Wformat -fstack-protector-strong -Werror=format-security -fPIC
+ #
+ # add -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 if _FORTIFY_SOURCE is not already defined
+ #
+-- 
+2.49.0
+
diff --git a/stress-ng.spec b/stress-ng.spec
index 4aa7e88..563e1fe 100644
--- a/stress-ng.spec
+++ b/stress-ng.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ License:	GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:		https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng
 Source0:	https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng/archive/V%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+ExcludeArch:	s390 s390x i686
 BuildRequires:	make
 BuildRequires:	gcc
 BuildRequires:	g++
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:	lksctp-tools-devel
 BuildRequires:	zlib-devel
 
 # Patches
+Patch1: stress-ng-Add-fPIC-to-Makefile.patch
 
 %description
 Stress test a computer system in various ways. It was designed to exercise